Do You Remember?

[sunnyshine]

Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.

1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3 Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5 Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16 Hi-fi's
17 Metal ice trays with lever
18 Mimeograph paper
19 Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25 Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!

[revjoybunny]

I remembered 5 lol

[inge]

I honestly remember 11, but I have the feeling that if I had lived in USA I would have known more. I have no idea what these are:
Butch wax, howdy doody, packards, party lines.
Other I know but have never seen them.

I'm 60 and proud of it! :)

[msbeejay]

Yes, to everything and I will be 66 this year but still feel like a kid even if my body doesn't agree with me!

God Bless and Keep on surfing everyday!

[sflewis]

I had 9.

Howdy Doody was a kids TV show in the 50s.
Packards are a type of car, I think.
Party lines was rural telephone service where multiple people all shared a single phone line.

Neither of those are in my count. I'll only be 50.

[mrsdrake]

I remember 13 of these, but I grew up in a small town where we were behind the times a bit. I'm only in my thirties.

[bct]

I'm Older Then Dirt... ! :D

59 here... :)

[soph142]

Younger than you bct - by a whole year!
Rememeber 3, 8 and 14 :p

[msbeejay]

In addition to the 25 that sunnyshine listed, shall we see if you remember these:

Ice Boxes (they needed Ice Delivered)
Cap Pistols
Jacks
Marbles
Tops
Tinker Toys
Mr Potato Head
Old Maid
Cooty
Story Book Dolls
Pickup Stix
Chinese Checkers

[revjoybunny]

I always thought it was tonka toys BJ not tinker toys but then i am thinking UK

Does anyone remember top trumps a card game I loved it when I was small

[dehawkinz]

Yes I remember top trumps :)

and chinese checkers

I don't recall remembering most, but knew of them - does that count? :)

DeHawkinz
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[msbeejay]

Rev Joy...Nope, they were called Tinker Toys and came in a round cylindric shaped cannister...
They were different wooden shapes with holes to fit the shafts into...You could make anything with them...And I would spent quite awhile with another toy that came with a hammer to pound the shapes up and down...


Richard...This is just a memory exercise and I should have been more descriptive with the "Tops" these were spinning tops that you pumped to get them spinning unlike the tops that boys used with those ropes...


I grew up in California (USA) so that might be why some of the childhood games and toys might not be familiar to you...

[inge]

In addition to the 25 that sunnyshine listed, shall we see if you remember these:

Marbles
Chinese Checkers

Those are the two I remember -- provided marbles were what I think they were: Small glass balls in various sizes and with unique colored glass decorations inside.

I remember chinese checkers very well, and I think this game is still for sale here, although it's not very "in" right now.

You know, I'm a very old Viking; I was actually born before Marco Polo found the sea route to China.
I remember it like it was yesterday ... but I'm still not so old that I don't remember yesterday! :)

[msbeejay]

Cute Inge, and yes you are right about the description for "marbles" ... Another type of marble were "steelies" and "cat eyes" ... Oh those decorative colored ones were called "aggies" (nickname for agate) ...

Other board games were checkers and my least favorite "monopoly" ('cause my cousin always won) although it is extremely popular especially since it has gone electronic...

[dehawkinz]

As well as monopoly, we also had 'careers' - I actually liked that better.

The idea was at the start of the game each player had to choose their game targets between wealth, happiness and fame - you could choose a single target (bad idea) or to split your targets between the three of them.

Instead of Jail, it had "park bench". You gained points towards wealth and happiness from @Community Chest@ (like the Chance cards in monopoly) and doing various careers such as astronaut, doctor, lawyer, teacher, etc.

Not seen it in years though.

DeHawkinz
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[teddyrux98]

I'm getting older. :-)

Nicole

[revjoybunny]

I liked ganes like sorry and frustration as well as ask the family (game of the tv series)

[msbeejay]

I guess I am getting old. I remember all this Stuff!

Ol Gar (My Ex shared this with me) ... Enjoy!
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Close your eyes, and go back...

...before the Internet or PC or the MAC...
...before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
...before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, before voicemail, and e-mail...
...go way back...
...way...way...way back...

I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk...
Red light, Green light...
Red Rover...Red Rover...
Playing kickball & dodgeball until the first...
no...second...no...third porchlight came on...
Ring around the Rosie,
London Bridge,
Hot potato,
Hop Scotch,
Jump rope,
Duck...duck...GOOSE!
TAG! YOU'RE IT!

Parents stood on the front porch and yelled
(or whistled) for you to come home...
no pagers,
no cellphones.

Mother, May I?
Hula Hoops,
Seeing shapes in the clouds,
Endless summer days...
running through the sprinkler...
hot summer nights, catchin' lightning bugs in a jar...
the windows open(no A/C),
listening to the sound of crickets...
...cereal boxes with the great prize in the bottom of the box...
and Cracker Jacks with the great prize, too...
...popsicles with 2 sticks, so you could share with a friend...

...but wait...there's more...
...Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons...Bugs Bunny,Road Runner,
H.R. Puf'n Stuff, The Archies, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Super Heroes & Schoolhouse Rock...
...and Sunday morning oldies Flash Gordon, Roy Rogers,
Abbott & Costello, and The Three Stooges...

Your first day of school,
Bedtime Prayers and
Goodnight Kisses...
Climbing trees,
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky...
Getting an Ice Cream from the Good Humor Truck...
a million mosquito bites and two scraped knees...
Jumpin' down the steps or jumpin' on the bed...
Pillow fights & Sleep-overs...

A color TV meant you were RICH...
runnin' till you were out of breath...
laughing so hard that your stomach hurt...

everyone did chores, like taking out the garbage or doing the dishes,
and a quarter seemed like a fair allowance...and another quarter was a huge raise!

...your first crush...
...your first kiss...
(the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN)

...rainy days at school meant playing 'Heads up, 7UP' or hangman' in the classroom... .remember that?

Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer,
& so was a drink from the garden hose...
wearing new shoes on the first day of school...

...nearly everyone's mom was at home after school...
...when ANY parent could discipline ANY kid, and nobody,
not even the kid, thought a thing of it...

...when your parents took you to McDonalds and it was a rare treat...

...when being sent to the principal's office was frightening, but nothing compared to the fate that awaited you at home...

Our parents and grandparents were a serious threat!
(and some of us are still afraid of 'em!)

Didn't that feel good?

Just to go back and say, 'Yeah, I remember...'

Well, let's keep going! Let's go back to the time when...




remember, you can't direct the wind.......but you can adjust the sails

[biz2001]

Of course I remember those things, It wasn't that long ago, was it?

[dehawkinz]

remember dandelion clocks, and daisy chains? (and we are not talking connecting equipment here you geeks!! LOL)

DeHawkinz
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[sunnyshine]

Ahh ... those were the days mrsbeejay! I even remember my brother, cousins and I sleeping in our sleeping bags in the backyard. My parents left the back door open all night in case we needed to go into the house. Not safe to do that today.

[jaz4u]

I have graphics for a lot of these - when I find them, I will come back a post a link.

[lajab5]

older than dirt here.......I remember 19.

[profitflowteam]

I remember 19 of those as well; and the Tinker Toys, and all of that good stuff. I also loved watching the Mickey Mouse Club every afternoon with Cubby, Bobby (Burgess) and Annette (Funicello) and Mouseketeers...

I remember the 60's because I was too young to "be there." lol I'll be 51 this year.

[profitflowteam]

You know, I'm a very old Viking; I was actually born before Marco Polo found the sea route to China.
I remember it like it was yesterday ... but I'm still not so old that I don't remember yesterday! :)

My dad had you beat, Inge. He always told us he was the head spear sharpener at the Battle of Hastings!

[msbeejay]

How many of you remember when there were


Full Service Gas Stations
Gas Price Wars (prices under $1 per gallon)


Radio Shows:
Boston Blackie
Amos and Andy
Fibber McGee and Molly
The Great Gildersleeve
Jack Benny
Burns and Allen
The Shadow
Innersanctum
Mystery Theatre
The Green Hornet

Television Shows:
What's My Line
Hollywood Squares
The Honeymooners
The Ed Sullivan Show
Ozzie and Harriet
My Three Sons
Leave it to Beaver
Life with Riley
Sgt Bilko

There are lots more but my brain crashed and I will have to reboot :rolleyes:

God Bless and Keep on surfing everyday!

[sunnyshine]

I remember 15 on your list msbeejay. Guess I should since I am the grandmother of 8.

Have a Great Day!

Sunnyshine

[sflewis]

I remember full service gas stations very well, they are still the only kind in New Jersey.

Radio shows would be none.

My Three Sons was one of my favorites, although I don't know if I saw originally aired episodes.

My parents and my uncle were having a conversation one day about the Ed Sullivan show, and my brother who is three years younger than me chimed into the discussion. They asked him how he knew about it. He learned about it in history class.

[profitflowteam]

I remember Ed Sullivan, and Car 54 Where Are You (starring the same two actors who would later become Herman and Grandpa on The Munsters), Adam 12, Dr. Kildare... oh, and the soap opera, Dark Shadows (I know, that one was a bit later.) The Wizard of Oz being shown every year, hosted by Danny Kaye...

And does anybody out there remember My Mother the Car?

Food for thought: my mom bought a new car a couple of years ago, (Mercury station wagon) for which she paid more than what she and my dad paid for a 4-bedroom brick colonial house with 2-car attached garage in 1963.

[msbeejay]

Sure do, Jeanne...Do you remember The Addams Family; Marcus Welby, MD; The Partridge Family; Our Miss Brooks; My Little Margie; Father Knows Best; Gunsmoke; The Rifleman; Rawhide; Dynasty; The Big Valley; High Chapparel; Have Gun, Will Travel; Wagon Train; Maverick; Bonanza; Rin Tin Tin; Lassie; Get Smart; Scarecrow & Mrs King; I Spy; F Troop; Gilligan's Island; Fantasy Island; The Love Boat; The Beverly Hillbillies; I Dream of Jeannie; Bewitched; My Favorite Martian; Twilight Zone; The Outer Limits; Dragnet; The Man from Uncle; Green Acres; Other Soaps: General Hospital; One Life to Live; All My Children; As the World Turns...

There's more, but my mind is taking a little nap...So will call it an evening...

God Bless and Keep on surfing everyday!

[sunnyshine]

I remember them all msbeejay.

[profitflowteam]

The Addams Family was one of my favorites; then there was McHale's Navy, Hogan's Heroes, The Flying Nun, That Girl, The Dick VanDyke Show, The Monkees, Here Come the Brides, Shindig, Hullaballoo, Honey West, Wild Wild West, (incidentally, my mom went to high school with Michael Dunn, who played Dr. Loveless; only his real name was Gary Miller). That reminds me... Jeff Miller was Lassie's original owner before Timmy Martin came along. Let's see, The Real McCoys... I remembered Walter Brennan very well from the show, but didn't realize until I saw an old rerun a few years ago that Richard Crenna was Luke McCoy; he played Col. Trautman in the Rambo movies. Oh, and who could ever forget Captain Kangaroo?

What a great trip down memory lane this thread is!

[profitflowteam]

Oh, how about The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Family Affair, and Petticoat Junction? I'm sure I'll think of more later on, too. :)

[revjoybunny]

ok how about flying doctors, sons and daughters, take the high road, crossroads (original), magic roundabout, muffin the mule, pinky and perky. tinga and tucker the koalas and skippy.

just to name a few

[inge]

Skippy still runs its eternal reruns. The others? No idea. :)

[revjoybunny]

austrailan soaps - flying doctors, sons and daughters

scottish soap - take the high road

english soap - cross roads about a hotel

the others childrens programs

[lajab5]

Wow, I must be OLDER THAN dirt, I remember all 10 of the ones in 12 in msbeejays post, the ice box saw on tv, not in real life, but the other ones I do remember, played with all of them, plus
rev joy I also remeber tonka toys......don't know the other though........

[dmanges]

Oh wow I really am older than dirt! Oh well they say older is better!
Donna

[lajab5]

hey msbeejay remeber all the shows.....How about:

Lost In Space, Batman, Only the Shadow knows, M*A*S*H,


also msbeejay.......Tonka Toys are trucks.....an old-style steel toy dump truck, they were the best! could haul all kinds of dirt and they last forever, in fact I still have one that my younger daughter plays with today......they never wear out and were built to last a lifetime of abuse. They are GREAT!


Also had Tinker Toys........fun stuff to build with them......great for the imagination!

[msbeejay]

hey msbeejay remeber all the shows.....How about:

Lost In Space, Batman, Only the Shadow knows, M*A*S*H,

Yes to all, lajab5...And, I did see "Ice Boxes" for real, now you might find them in museums or old movies...catch up with you all later, gotta finish my surfing session...

God Bless and Keep on surfing everyday to 100 page views plus!

[cryingdove]

O MYYYYYY How depressing; I remember them ALLLLLLL wahhhhhhhh.
That explains why I feel sooo bad LOL

[lajab5]

Got another one...................


how about:

Lincoln Logs, leap frog, high heel shoes made of pop cans?

[rickden]

23 of 25 for me. My parents had party lines, not me. My only exposure to newsreels was Movietone news on TV.

I'm surprised drive-ins was on the list. You've never heard of Sonic, or that referred to drive-in movies?

[suryan]

Older than dirt and proud of it :)

I was ON the Howdy Doody Show when I was a kid. My favorite was Clarabelle the Clown (actually a man).

What about:
wax lips
wringer washers (actually before my time, but we had one that was an antique)
victrolas (hand-cranked turntables with a megaphone for sound)
Nehi sodas
Sock hops
"Cruising"
Poodle skirts
Mary Janes
AbbaZabba
Beehives (that was a hairdo - should have been a hair don't lol)
Ducktail, aka DA (another hair don't)
Greasers (they wore DA's and leather jackets)

so many more fond (and not so fond) memories of those good ole days

[suryan]

I remember every one of these, fondly BJ. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

But you missed at least one. What about buying your bread fresh daily off the bakery truck? I could always smell it coming down the street and ran out to meet it - drinking in the smells of the doughnuts, cakes, and wonderful varieties of breads and rolls straight from the oven. I can almost smell it all now.

The bit about color TVs also reminded me of some things related to TVs:

Console TVs with 4-inch screens
The first "color" TV was a plastic overlay for the screen, with blue across the top and green at the bottom - problem was not every scene had sky and grass, lol

[suryan]

That reminds me. What about treehouses? Every kid in my neighborhood built a treehouse in their backyard (in our neighborhood we all had trees).

And what about forts? We would build those out of anything we could find. Sometimes we would even cut a path through an overgrown vacant lot and use the dried weeds we cut to form the walls and roof. Smelly and buggy, but what fun!

Oh, and how about playing Tarzan and Jane? That was the big thing in the good old days.

[profitflowteam]

Okay, does anybody remember the soap that was in the shape of an animal (usually a bear, I think). You took it out of the box and set it up, and after a few days it would grow "fur." Then there was a toy inside of it, that you could only get to by using the soap up. I used to have these soaps as a kid, but can't remember the name of it for the life of me.

[inge]

That reminds me. What about treehouses? Every kid in my neighborhood built a treehouse in their backyard (in our neighborhood we all had trees).

Su,

When I walk my daily walk (Yeah, right! :) ) I go past a treehouse, but I've never seen kids play in it. To have a treehouse where we could hide from adults and other monsters was a dream most of us had, I think. Some of us could realize it.

[cashmony]

I remember 18 of Sunnyshine's and 10 from msbeejay's.

[webbiznet]

Wow, sunnyshine, this is great :)

Who'd say I remember well most of things from your list!
(except: Butch wax, howdy doody, Peashooters, P.F. Flyers, and party lines)
And I even didn't live in USA.

"If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!"
Hmm... I'd say: maybe only well informed... (LOL)

P.S.
Studebaker was my favorite car model :)

and for 45 RPM: - I still keep hundreds of them.
(along with couple of thousands of 33 RPM/LP's as well)

Stefan

[topflight]

I had 9.

Howdy Doody was a kids TV show in the 50s.
Packards are a type of car, I think.
Party lines was rural telephone service where multiple people all shared a single phone line.

Neither of those are in my count. I'll only be 50.

I remember all of them, I am 57 going on 21

And when we got our phone, all there was were party lines. We had a phone about 3 or 4 years before they came out with "private lines"

[topflight]

When we got our first record player it still had the 72 RPM also; you could switch between 45, 33 and 72 (at least I think it was 72 - my memory fails me on the exact number) :)

[sflewis]

72 sounds right.

[inge]

When we got our first record player it still had the 72 RPM also; you could switch between 45, 33 and 72 (at least I think it was 72 - my memory fails me on the exact number) :)

I put my bet on 78! :)

For a while you could get players that could do 16 -- but no records.... :)

[rcaine]

I am older than dirt and going strong.

[terry40390]

I always thought it was tonka toys BJ not tinker toys but then i am thinking UK



Tonka toys and Tinker Toys are two seperate toys. Tonka toys were trucks. Tinker toys were sticks that you could put together to make things.

Sincerely,
Terry

[terry40390]

I remembered quite a few of the items, and I'm only 47. Wow! Oh well. I have kids to keep me young. lol

Sincerely,
Terry